{"id":3932,"date":"2017-09-01T13:02:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T19:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/?p=3932"},"modified":"2017-09-01T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T19:02:14","slug":"worlds-largest-bbq-pit-to-serve-meals-at-nrg-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/worlds-largest-bbq-pit-to-serve-meals-at-nrg-center\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Largest BBQ Pit to Serve Meals at NRG Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Media Contact: <\/strong><\/p>\n

RoShelle Salinas<\/p>\n

rsalinas@houstoncardealers.com<\/a><\/p>\n

281-509-1682<\/p>\n

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World\u2019s Largest BBQ Pit to Serve Meals at NRG Center<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Auto Dealers and sponsors come together to serve evacuees and volunteers 50,000 meals. <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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HOUSTON (September 1, 2017)\u00a0\u2013 Hurricane Harvey evacuees, first responders, and volunteers can expect the welcoming sight of a 75-foot BBQ pit arriving tonight at NRG Center to prepare hot, fresh meals throughout the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still working out minor logistics and a host of other moving parts, but it has been amazing coordinating this effort and truly one of the most satisfying things I have ever done for our community,\u201d said Mac DeLaup of John Eagle Honda. \u201cWe expect to serve as many as 50,000 meals from this BBQ pit to the evacuees, first responders and volunteers of Hurricane Harvey.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Weighing 80,000 pounds and with 24 doors, the BBQ pit can cook about 8,000 pounds of meat at one time. Refrigerated semi-trucks will arrive today with enough food for the first week of meals. So far, food is donated by Sysco foods of Central Florida, Gibson\u2019s Restaurants, Halperns\u2019 Steak and Seafood, Joyce Farms, Harvest Meat Company and Harvill\u2019s Produce, all from Florida. Other suppliers from across the nation have also agreed to replenish food as needed but there will be a continued need of supplies and food. (Full list of needs below press release.)<\/p>\n

Owners, Kimberly King and Terry Folsom of Brenham, TX, are delivering the \u2018world\u2019s largest BBQ pit\u2019 and plan to cook on it, along with four other full-time chefs traveling from Florida and Chicago. Orlando residents, Chef Bob Getchell of Gibsons Restaurants, John \u201cBoodreaux\u201d Baumann, and Benjamin Getchell, will lead the cook team along with volunteers including, Mac DeLaup, Jessica Rose, Lisa Rainoshek and other associates of John Eagle Honda.<\/p>\n

Gibsons Restaurant Group, Steve Lombardo and Bob Kanzler of Chicago, ensured trucks with thousands of pounds of food and supplies were in route to NRG earlier this week. Baumann and Getchell met in New Orleans and made an 11-hour drive through the night to get to Houston to begin serving food tomorrow as early as lunch.<\/p>\n

The trailer was built in Louisiana and \u201cBBQ Pits by Klose\u201d built the cooker in Cypress, TX. To build a BBQ pit like this today would cost more than $1 million.<\/p>\n

Additional immediate needs to provide an inclusive meal include:<\/p>\n

Aprons<\/p>\n

BBQ sauce<\/p>\n

BBQ sauce mops<\/p>\n

Cole slaw<\/p>\n

Cold salads<\/p>\n

Cutting boards<\/p>\n

Desserts \u2013 cakes, cookies<\/p>\n

Dice tomatoes, onions, peppers<\/p>\n

Hot sauce<\/p>\n

Jalapenos<\/p>\n

Knives<\/p>\n

Lettuce (pre-shredded)<\/p>\n

Rice<\/p>\n

Salsa<\/p>\n

Spatulas<\/p>\n

Taco sauce<\/p>\n

Taco spice<\/p>\n

Tongs<\/p>\n

Tortillas<\/p>\n

Trash bags<\/p>\n

Watermelons<\/p>\n

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Initial sponsors supporting the logistics, food, operations, and manpower for the \u2018world\u2019s largest BBQ pit\u2019 include:<\/p>\n

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Bob Getchell, The BOATHOUSE Orlando at Disney Springs<\/p>\n

Gibsons Restaurant Group<\/p>\n

Terry Folsom and Kimberly King, Owners of the WORLD\u2019S LARGEST BBQ PIT<\/p>\n

Mac DeLaup, John Eagle Honda of Houston<\/p>\n

Fishing Florida Radio, John Boodreaux Baumann<\/p>\n

Duane Kyrish, Kyrish Truck Centers: Houston<\/p>\n

Wyatt Wainwright, Houston Automobile Dealers Association<\/p>\n

Bobby Archer, Archer RV Houston \u2013 for chef\u2019s living quarters<\/p>\n

Idealease of Houston<\/p>\n

Southwest International Trucks: Dallas, TX<\/p>\n

Idealease of Orlando and Maudlin International Trucks: Orlando, FL<\/p>\n

Peak Trailer Group: San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n

Arens Services<\/p>\n

John Mounts<\/p>\n

S-S Welders<\/p>\n

Klose BBQ Pits, David Klose<\/p>\n

Dade Paper Company, Sam Pagan<\/p>\n

Cabellero Handyman Services<\/p>\n

Smallwares and cold foods \u2013 Bobby Anderson Sysco of Central Florida<\/p>\n

Firewood \u2013 Big John\u2019s Wood Products Fort Worth Texas<\/p>\n

Meats \u2013 Harris Heckelman Halperns\u2019 Steak and Seafood<\/p>\n

Chicken\u2013\u00a0 Joyce Farms<\/p>\n

Beef \u2013 Creekstone Farm<\/p>\n

Pork \u2013 Harvest Meat Company<\/p>\n

Produce \u2013 Rick Harvill Harvill\u2019s Produce<\/p>\n

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Media Contact: RoShelle Salinas rsalinas@houstoncardealers.com 281-509-1682 \u00a0 World\u2019s Largest BBQ Pit to Serve Meals at NRG Center Auto Dealers and sponsors come together to serve evacuees and volunteers 50,000 meals.   HOUSTON (September 1, 2017)\u00a0\u2013 Hurricane Harvey evacuees, first responders, and volunteers can expect the welcoming sight of a 75-foot BBQ pit arriving tonight [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3932"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3934,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3932\/revisions\/3934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.houstoncardealers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}